Quartet tries to restart Israeli-Palestinian talks

Envoys from the Mideast Quartet – the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia – met Sunday in Brussels to hash out a strategy as international pressure to reach a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians mounts.

"We will be contacting the parties to invite them to meet in the coming days," said EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who hosted the meeting. "I believe we have made good progress. (AP)